Prof Gene Feder ROLE: Professor of Primary Health care TEL: 0117 331 3865 FAX: 0117 331 3813 EMAIL: gene.feder@bristol.ac.uk

Personal Details

Gene Feder trained at Guy's Hospital medical school, qualifying in 1982. This followed a BSc in Biology and Philosophy from the University of Sussex. He trained as a GP and was a principal at Lower Clapton Group practice in Hackney, east London for 21 years until he moved to Bristol in 2007. His research started with an MD at Barts Hospital medical school on the health and health care of Traveller Gypsies. This was followed by studies on the development and implementation of clinical guidelines, the management of chronic respiratory and cardiovascular conditions in primary care and the health service response to domestic violence. His main methodological expertise is in randomised controlled trials and systematic reviews. He collaborates with epidemiologists and social scientists on cohort and qualitative studies respectively. He has chaired three NICE clinical guidelines, is an expert advisor to the Department of Health's victims of violence and abuse prevention programme (VVAPP), and an associate editor of Heart.